Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama’s last name is spelled “Osama” on some 300 absentee ballots mailed out this week to voters in Rensselaer County hilltowns (New York). from newspaper Times Union…

So how does someone confuse the “B’ key with the “S” key? How do three proof readers miss that error? And the printer too?

As a resident of Rensselaer County, I take offense at being labeled from a “hill town”. We’re not all flat like the midwest, I grant you. But “hilltown” sounds to me pejorative. We’re right next to the state capital, for crying out loud!! :-P

BTW – I am new to the capital region – I didn’t realize being called a hilltown was pejorative… I think of it as being descriptive. After having lived in the rural areas in the mid-west for several years, I think the hilltowns are wonderful and beautiful. I didn’t realize how much I missed the hills and trees until I moved back east! I am still in awe, after a year of being back, seeing the view and beauty. I can’t get my fill of it…

@MrItty, what an odd choice of words for the paper to use… according to the county site, the whole county lies within two cities, 14 towns and 6 villages (which lie within the 14 towns.) If you’re not in Troy or Rensselaer cities, you can only be in one of the 14 towns.

@Dandy, absolutely correct. We have “SAT Word of the Day” at work and I will add “pejorative” to the list this week. I am a big fan of precision in language.

Because republicans never get involved in the unscrupulous, illegal activities that the anti-American, socialist liberals do.When McCain was a supporter of and supported by ACORN, everyone knows that association was a good one.